The voyce of the laste trumpet blowen bi the seue[n]th Angel (as is me[n]tioned in the eleuenth of the Apocalips) callynge al the estates of menne to the right path of their vocation, wherin are contayned xii lessons to twelue seueral estates of menne, whych if they learne and folowe, al shal be well and nothynge amise [by Robert Crowley] |
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The Lawyers lesson. |
 | The voyce of the laste trumpet blowen bi the seue[n]th Angel |  |
The Lawyers lesson.
Now
come hither thou manne of lawe,
And marcke what I shall to the saye:
For I entende the for to drawe,
Out of thy most vngodly waye.
And marcke what I shall to the saye:
For I entende the for to drawe,
Out of thy most vngodly waye.
Thy callyng is good and Godly,
If thou wouldest walke therin arighte.
But thou art so passynge gready,
That Gods feare is out of thy sight.
If thou wouldest walke therin arighte.
But thou art so passynge gready,
That Gods feare is out of thy sight.
Thou climest so to be alofte,
That thy desire can haue no stay:
Thou hast forgotten to go softe
Thou art so hasty on thy way.
That thy desire can haue no stay:
Thou hast forgotten to go softe
Thou art so hasty on thy way.
But nowe I call the to repent,
And thy gredines to forsake
For Gods wrath is agaynst the bent
If thou wylt not my warnynge take.
For Gods wrath is agaynst the bent
If thou wylt not my warnynge take.
Fyrste call vnto thy memory
For what cause the lawes were fyrste made
And then apply the busily,
To the same ende to vse thy trade.
For what cause the lawes were fyrste made
And then apply the busily,
To the same ende to vse thy trade.
The lawes were made vndoubtedlye
That all such men as are opprest:
Might in the same fynde remedy
And leade their lyues in quiet rest.
That all such men as are opprest:
Might in the same fynde remedy
And leade their lyues in quiet rest.
Doest thou then walke in thy callyng
When for to vexe the innocent:
Thou wylt stande at a barre ballyng
With al the craft thou canst inuent?
When for to vexe the innocent:
Thou wylt stande at a barre ballyng
With al the craft thou canst inuent?
I say ballynge, for better name,
To haue it can not be worthy:
when lyke a beast wythout all shame
Thou wilt do wronge to get money
To haue it can not be worthy:
when lyke a beast wythout all shame
Thou wilt do wronge to get money
Thyne excuses are knowen to wel
Thou saist thou knowest not the matter
Wherfore thou sayest thou canst not tel.
At the fyrst whose cause is better.
Thou saist thou knowest not the matter
Wherfore thou sayest thou canst not tel.
At the fyrst whose cause is better.
Thou knowest not at ye fyrst I graūt,
But why wylte thou be retained
Of plaintife or of defendaunt
Before thou hast their cause learned?
But why wylte thou be retained
Of plaintife or of defendaunt
Before thou hast their cause learned?
For such a plea I blame the not,
When neither parties right is knowen
But when thou thy selfe doth wel wot
Thy client seaketh not hir owne
When neither parties right is knowen
But when thou thy selfe doth wel wot
It were a Godly way for the,
To know the ende ere thou began
But if that can by no meanes be
To make short suite do what thou can
To know the ende ere thou began
But if that can by no meanes be
To make short suite do what thou can
If thou be a mans atturney
In any court where so it be:
Let him not wayte and spend money
If thys dispatch do lye in the,
In any court where so it be:
Let him not wayte and spend money
If thys dispatch do lye in the,
Apply his matter earnestly
And set him goynge home agayne,
And take no more then thy duty
For God shal recompence thy paine.
And set him goynge home agayne,
And take no more then thy duty
For God shal recompence thy paine.
If thou be calde a counsellar.
And many men do seke thy read:
Se thou be founde no triffelar
Either for money or for dread
And many men do seke thy read:
Se thou be founde no triffelar
Either for money or for dread
But waigh mens matters thorowly,
And se what may be done by ryght
And further as wel the neady
As thou wouldest do the man of might
And se what may be done by ryght
And further as wel the neady
As thou wouldest do the man of might
Se thou haue no respect at all
To the person but to the cause
And suffer not such trueth to fall,
As thou findst grounded on good lawes
To the person but to the cause
And suffer not such trueth to fall,
As thou findst grounded on good lawes
If any man do the desire
Him to defende in doynge wronge
Though he would giue the ample hire
Yet geue none eare vnto his song.
Him to defende in doynge wronge
Though he would giue the ample hire
Yet geue none eare vnto his song.
Fere not his power though he be king
A duke, an earle, a Lorde, or kinght:
But euermore in thy doynge
Haue the Lordes feare present in sight.
A duke, an earle, a Lorde, or kinght:
Haue the Lordes feare present in sight.
If thou be iudge in commune place,
In the kynges bench, or Eschequier
Or other court, let not thy face
Be once turned to the bryber.
In the kynges bench, or Eschequier
Or other court, let not thy face
Be once turned to the bryber.
Beware ye bribes blinde not thy sight
And make the that thou canst not se:
To iudge the pore mans cause aryght,
When it is made open to the.
And make the that thou canst not se:
To iudge the pore mans cause aryght,
When it is made open to the.
Why sholdest thou stil admit delaies,
In matters that be manifest,
Why doest thou not seke all the wayes.
That may be, to rid the oppreste
In matters that be manifest,
Why doest thou not seke all the wayes.
That may be, to rid the oppreste
To thine office it doeth belonge,
To iudge as iustice doth require:
Though the party that is to stronge
Would giue the house and land to hire.
To iudge as iustice doth require:
Though the party that is to stronge
Would giue the house and land to hire.
I haue no more to say to the,
But warne the that thou be contente
To lyue onely vpon thy fee
Fearynge the Lorde omnipotent.
But warne the that thou be contente
To lyue onely vpon thy fee
Fearynge the Lorde omnipotent.
And for to se that no man wreste,
The lawes to do any man wronge:
And that no pore man be oppreste,
Nor haue hys suite deferred longe.
The lawes to do any man wronge:
And that no pore man be oppreste,
Nor haue hys suite deferred longe.
Now if thou be Lorde Chauncelour,
As Censor ouer all the reste:
Se thou do thy beste endeuour,
To se all open wronges redrest.
As Censor ouer all the reste:
Se thou do thy beste endeuour,
To se all open wronges redrest.
And of this one thyng take good hede
That among them that do appeale:
Thou do not for fauour or mede
Suffer any falselye to deale.
That among them that do appeale:
Thou do not for fauour or mede
Suffer any falselye to deale.
Beware of them I saye that vse,
Firste for to tempt the commune lawes
And yet the iudgement to refuse
When they be like to losse their cause,
Firste for to tempt the commune lawes
And yet the iudgement to refuse
When they be like to losse their cause,
Beware of them, and let them not
Abuse the courte in any wise:
To wery suche as by iuste lot
To clayme theyr ryght do enterprise.
Abuse the courte in any wise:
To wery suche as by iuste lot
To clayme theyr ryght do enterprise.
When they shall make peticion,
Examine them diligently:
And graunt not an Iniunction
To eche false harlot by and by.
Examine them diligently:
And graunt not an Iniunction
To eche false harlot by and by.
Graunt thou not an Iniunction
To hym that doth nought else entende:
But by subtyle inuention
His owne falsehode for to defend.
To hym that doth nought else entende:
But by subtyle inuention
His owne falsehode for to defend.
I nede not to tell any more,
Of thy duty thou maiste it se:
In Gods sacret and holy lore
If thou wylt thereto apply the.
Of thy duty thou maiste it se:
In Gods sacret and holy lore
If thou wylt thereto apply the.
Thus leaue I the thou man of lawe,
Wyshynge the to be as willynge:
To folowe as I am to drawe
The backe againe to thy callynge.
Wyshynge the to be as willynge:
To folowe as I am to drawe
The backe againe to thy callynge.
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